joining me now are dana milbank and angela rye. thank you both for coming on the show tonight. >> good to be with you, reverend. >> i mean, dana, what would you have given to be a fly on the wall at the bachmann mirror? >> oh, it's so terrific. but it's a very common practice in politics. right now president obama is looking in the mirror and asking what he should do in syria. so we see this sort of thing. >> there is a little difference in this. >> slight difference on that. >> i had previously i thought the congresswoman had indicated god told her to run. so now we have her doing mirror mirror on the wall who is the most interesting candidate of us all. >> angela, with all the talk of bachmann being not really authentic, the book alleges she was anything but that. let me quote from the book. bachmann was not able to make a decision on her own without a consultant's filter. this speaks to who she was. so far right minnesota candidate who got in over her head and turned huckster for advice. >> well, i think we not only see she need